Sacha Baron Cohen Talks About Oscars Racism

Sacha Baron Cohen Talks About Oscars Racism

[Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971):]Source: LYBIO.net
Where do I see myself as —

Well you know firstly, we got no desire to win any Academy Awards with ‘Grimsby’, which is why we cast two African American actors.

The establishment does need a little bit of shaking, I think it’s very good this diversity conversation at the moment.

I don’t think the Academy is actually racist at all but I think there is institutional racism here, its not intentional but there needs to be – there needs to be affirmative action to get more people of color, you know – Latinos and African Americans in every level of the industry which they aren’t. You know – we are here in L.A. with one of the biggest African American populations in America and yet Hollywood is almost exclusively white – there you go – me being serious! What do you think?